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Proverbs 22:13
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
Proverbs 22:13 · Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 22:13 in other translations
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
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In context
10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
11 He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
12 The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
13 The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
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